No end in sight for UK scooter trials 🇬🇧

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Harry Maxwell
23 Jan

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🇬🇧 No end in sight for UK scooter trials

The Department for Transport (DfT) has adapted its rules regarding scooter trials in the UK, granting more power to local authorities to request changes to shared scooter services. Authorities must present a comprehensive safety and finance plan to obtain these changes.

The scooter trials carry on now, after its fourth extension, until May 2026. This is so the government can continue to assess whether scooters should be legalised.

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